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Declaration of Dr. Ran Kivetz — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 161.2)
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In Document 161-2, filed 02/10/23 in Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC, Dr. Ran Kivetz, the Philip H. Geier, Jr., Professor of Marketing at Columbia University Business School, declares in support of Thomson Reuters' statement responding to Plaintiffs' administrative motion on sealing. He says he was deposed on October 11, 2022, asked about his personal finances and those of the company through which he provides expert services, and that Plaintiffs then used excerpts in their Daubert Motion. He says disclosure would cause financial harm and could affect his professional opportunities and bring social repercussions, and that the information is misleading without context. A table lists the brief footnote and deposition portions to seal.
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“Declaration of Dr. Ran Kivetz — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 161.2).”
Original at ecf.cand.uscourts.gov, No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC, Doc. 161-2. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-brooks-thomsonreuters-cand-374304/2023-02-10-gov-uscourts-cand-374304-161-2-gov-uscourts-cand-374304-161-2/
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Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 161-2 Filed 02/10/23 Page 1 of 3
1 Susan D. Fahringer, Bar No. 21567 Gabriella Gallego, Bar No. 324226
SFahringer@perkinscoie.com GGallego@perkinscoie.com
2 Nicola C. Menaldo, pro hac vice PERKINS COIE LLP
3 NMenaldo@perkinscoie.com 3150 Porter Drive
Erin K. Earl, pro hac vice Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
4 EEarl@perkinscoie.com Telephone: 650.838.4300
Anna M. Thompson, pro hac vice Facsimile: 650.838.4350
5 AnnaThompson@perkinscoie.com
PERKINS COIE LLP Hayden M. Schottlaender,
6 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 pro hac vice
7 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 HSchottlaender@perkinscoie.com
Telephone: 206.359.8000 PERKINS COIE LLP
8 Facsimile: 206.359.9000 500 N. Akard Street, Suite 3300
Dallas, TX 75201-3347
9 Attorneys for Defendant Telephone: 214.965.7700
Thomson Reuters Corporation Facsimile: 214.965.7799
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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CAT BROOKS and RASHEED Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC
15 SHABAZZ, individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated, DECLARATION OF DR. RAN KIVETZ IN
16 SUPPORT OF THOMSON REUTERS’
Plaintiffs, STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO
17 PLAINTIFFS’ ADMINISTRATIVE
v. MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER
18 ANOTHER PARTY’S MATERIALS
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, SHOULD BE SEALED
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Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC KIVETZ SEALING DECLARATION
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Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC Document 161-2 Filed 02/10/23 Page 2 of 3
1 I, Dr. Ran Kivetz, declare as follows:
2 1. I am the Philip H. Geier, Jr., Professor of Marketing at Columbia University
3 Business School. I was asked by counsel for Thomson Reuters Corporation to provide an opinion
4 in the above-captioned case. I make this declaration based upon personal knowledge and if called
5 upon to do so I could and would testify competently to the facts set forth herein.
6 2. On October 11, 2022, I was deposed in connection with the above-captioned
7 action. Counsel for Plaintiffs asked me to answer several questions regarding my personal
8 finances, and the finances for the company through which I provide expert services. Thereafter,
9 Plaintiffs included information and excerpts from that deposition testimony to support their
10 Omnibus Motion to Exclude Defendant’s Expert Opinions on Class Certification (“Daubert
11 Motion”) (Doc. 158-3).
12 3. The disclosure of the materials described in the table below would cause harm to
13 me because they reflect detailed information about my personal finances. This financial
14 information is not publicly known. The resultant harm would be financial, including because my
15 current and future sources of income might make decisions based on the totality of my income.
16 The public disclosure of my private finances could also significantly impact my professional
17 opportunities with respect to present and future employment, engagement, and promotion
18 decisions. There may also be social repercussions from the public disclosure of my personal
19 finances to my friends, family, colleagues, and community. Finally, I am concerned that the
20 information is misleading, particularly because it is offered without important context.
21 Cite Portion(s) to Seal
22 Dkt. 158-3 FN 5: After “But while a lucrative practice (generating” and before
Pls. Brief (9:27) “of dollars a year),”
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Dkt. 158-4 Kivetz Dep. at 27:16-28:5
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Mura Decl. Ex. 1
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Dkt. 158-4 Kivetz Dep. at 40:5-23
26 Mura Decl. Ex. 1
27 Dkt. 158-4 Kivetz Dep. at 41:18-20
Mura Decl. Ex. 1
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1 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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